No idea why this is doing this but when I turned my computer on tonightAvast's SafeZone Browser is opening and won't turn off. I've tried the Green arrow on bottom right that says swutch back when pressed and alsoPressed the a in left bottom cirner and the page just blinks. I have tried to open Task Manager but it doesn't show up. HELP!!!!!

I've had exactly the same problem this morning - Win7/64bit running avast free 6.0.1289; able to log on as other users, but my main account runs the avast SafeZone and won't close it or allow you to do anything - can only press Windows-Key+L to switch user...

After speaking to support, turns out a reboot should fix it! Avast didn't prompt me to reboot after the update to 6.0.1289, so not sure what's going on... but the support guy was great and got it sorted with no hassle

Hi, i had this problem yesterday too, i juts installed a new widget for windows 7 and i got locked in the SafeZone browser, got me a little worried at 1 point but i ended up having to go into safe mode (press F8 on or somthing on startup) then uninstall avast through control panel, then i could restart my computer like normal and uninstalled the widget. After re-installing Avast i havnt got that problem although my opinion of avast has dropped significantly. Hope this is of some help. Itl at least get your pc working again even if you didnt install anything before hand.

Interesting, first time I notice that there is such a problem. But it is posted in the wrong forum section, so I am not surprised you guys never got an anwser. Btw you all upgraded to the latest 6.0.1289 build

I will email the Developer of SafeZone with a link to this topic so he is aware

I've had the same issue and I'm not very pleased with my computer being hijacked like that. I did not ask for this piece of software to automatically start up when windows booted and I cannot switch it off using either of the buttons provided. Task manager is inaccessible as well.

I suggest Avast sort this out. I need my PC for my work and now I cannot get in to the thing without booting in to safe mode.

I'm using windows 7 ultimate and just updated Avast to have this crap forced on to my PC. Again I did not click an option to allow this, I rebooted and bang, a stupid overlay that cannot be closed.

No idea why this is doing this but when I turned my computer on tonightAvast's SafeZone Browser is opening and won't turn off. I've tried the Green arrow on bottom right that says swutch back when pressed and alsoPressed the a in left bottom cirner and the page just blinks. I have tried to open Task Manager but it doesn't show up. HELP!!!!!

I have the same issues... this is very frustrating, can anyone assist me in removing this safezone browser or at least turning it off as I need to work and my laptop is now useless to me...

I've had the same issue and I'm not very pleased with my computer being hijacked like that. I did not ask for this piece of software to automatically start up when windows booted and I cannot switch it off using either of the buttons provided. Task manager is inaccessible as well.

I suggest Avast sort this out. I need my PC for my work and now I cannot get in to the thing without booting in to safe mode.

I'm using windows 7 ultimate and just updated Avast to have this crap forced on to my PC. Again I did not click an option to allow this, I rebooted and bang, a stupid overlay that cannot be closed.

Uninstalled Avast now, stay well clear of it.

How did you uninstall it ? Im a novice and dont know much, but i want it to go away...far away

No idea why this is doing this but when I turned my computer on tonightAvast's SafeZone Browser is opening and won't turn off. I've tried the Green arrow on bottom right that says swutch back when pressed and alsoPressed the a in left bottom cirner and the page just blinks. I have tried to open Task Manager but it doesn't show up. HELP!!!!!

I've had the same issue and I'm not very pleased with my computer being hijacked like that. I did not ask for this piece of software to automatically start up when windows booted and I cannot switch it off using either of the buttons provided. Task manager is inaccessible as well.

I suggest Avast sort this out. I need my PC for my work and now I cannot get in to the thing without booting in to safe mode.

I'm using windows 7 ultimate and just updated Avast to have this crap forced on to my PC. Again I did not click an option to allow this, I rebooted and bang, a stupid overlay that cannot be closed.

Uninstalled Avast now, stay well clear of it.

How did you uninstall it ? Im a novice and dont know much, but i want it to go away...far away